*Gifted Item I’ve not shared any non fiction gems for a while – we have been busy with projects and the such and much of our book reviews have been tied up with those. However a couple of weeks back an absolute beauty arrived and it’s one that I’ve fallen in love with as much…
A Book About Whales #nonfictiongems
Hedgehog Lapbook Resources
I wrote last month about an Owl themed day that I hosted and, last week I followed that up with a hedgehog themed day. I thought I’d share there the things that we did, as well as links to the various bits and pieces that I used to form the lapbooks that the children made….
Our Home Education Morning Routine
One of the things that I am most thankful that our choice to home educates allows, is the freedom to take the mornings as they come. My friends around me know that my children are typical ‘Burns’ children and seem to have inherited my own father (and Uncles!) love of getting up at an early…
Science Saturday
I wrote last week about how fortunate I feel to live in an area with a strong home education group. There are a few of us all doing our own things but also coming together to share ideas and enthuse our children. A few weeks back a friend had asked if there was interest in setting…
Blast off to the Moon!
*Gifted Item I wrote a couple of months ago (gosh doesn’t time fly!) and shared some of our favourite space-themed books. This year is the anniversary of the moon landing and of course this generates a whoel new catalogue of fabulous books designed to engage and enthuse children. I must admit, the planets and space…
Home Educating as a Family
*collaborative post There’s always various memes floating around Home education communities that mock the big question of ‘what about socialisation’ or ‘oops I forgot to socialise the kids’ – mocking the fact that so little education takes place at home as most of us are usually so busy out and about, and actually turning things…
